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Palestinian flag

Doesn't its inclusion here violate WP:NPOV? Shoshin000 (talk) 08:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How? Selfstudier (talk) 08:48, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a disputed area, and the State of Palestine is a partially recognized state.

Kashmir for example does not have a huge Pakistani or Indian flag on its page, as it would give an impression of partiality to a reader, thereby undermining the absorption of information. Shoshin000 (talk) 08:51, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Readers are not stupid children. It most certainly does not violate NPOV. Israel does not claim it is part of Israel, it is administered as occupied territory. It is part of the State of Palestine. Israel is also a partially recognized state and a disputed area for some people. That has nothing to do with it. Sean.hoyland (talk) 09:00, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair points. I'll leave this here however: According to a 2020 report by Gallup based on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adults in the United States lack English literacy proficiency.

Anything that gives an impression of partiality should be avoided imo. Shoshin000 (talk) 09:32, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FORUM Selfstudier (talk) 18:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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217.218.145.194 (talk) 23:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the muncipality site of tulkerem because i think thats hacked.

Not done... it is not clear what changes you want made, the word "tulkerem" is not found anywhere in the article. - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:07, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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palestine should be shown as a country on the map as any other country is...Its discriminatory against Palestinians. 27.63.22.90 (talk) 12:43, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Yeshivish613 (talk) 15:37, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hebrew name

More often than not - the Hebrew name of the West Bank is יהודה ושומרון (i.e. Judea and Samaria), not הגדה המערבית (i.e. the West Bank). This is also the name of the Hebrew Wikipedia article. For example - when googled "יהודה ושומרון" I got 2,690,000 results, and only 334,000 for "הגדה המערבית" despite the fact that Hebrew has no capitalization and "הגדה המערבית" can refer to any west bank of any river. 2.54.163.140 (talk) 18:25, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you able to provide a romanized spelling for this, like "HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit"? FortunateSons (talk) 09:45, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Judea and Samaria as alt name

I think it's pretty clear that Judea and Samaria is a common (but not the common) name, and should be added as such (in Hebrew and English, IMO). Are there any objections to this? FortunateSons (talk) 09:31, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]